ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in Manchester
Fri 21 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Sat 22 Feb - Sat 29 Mar 2025
Fri 14 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Fri 28 Mar - Fri 16 May 2025
Snow Patrol
Saturday 22 February 2025
Dundee-formed Northern Irish trio Snow Patrol have carved out a unique place for themselves by constantly delivering melancholic ballads and music of depth that's painted from a broad palette. They shot to fame with their third album, Final...
You Me At Six
Saturday 22 February - Saturday 29 March 2025
Rising out of the British alternative underground, Surrey rockers You Me At Six released their debut full-length album Take Off Your Colours in 2008 through Slam Dunk Records and Epitaph Records. Celebrating early chart success, it was 2010...
Circa Waves
Saturday 22 February 2025
Becoming one of Britain's most influential and adored guitar bands, the Liverpool indie four piece's dedication to constantly developing their sound has seen them secure increasingly high positions in the Official Album Charts, as well as a...
Autechre
Saturday 22 February 2025
Rochdale electronic duo Rob Brown and Sean Booth formed in 1987, after meeting through Manchester's graffiti scene in 1987, and gained initial recognition when they were featured on Warp's 1992 compilation Artificial Intelligence. ...
The Zangwills
Saturday 22 February 2025
Northwich indie rockers The Zangwills are a charismatic band with an unusual, youthful vibe and energy which sets them apart. The four-piece have a reputation for their strong live sets, selling out venues in Manchester and beyond. Describe...
Lowes
Saturday 22 February 2025
The BBC Radio 1 Dance Vocalist of 2021 Award topped off a year that saw the Lancaster folk pop trio - featuring vocalist Evie Plumb from Kendal, and Jamie Walker and Luke Paget from Lancaster - rack up over 20 million streams, gain hundreds...
The Bug Club
Saturday 22 February 2025
Now Wave presents The Bug Club at The White Hotel on Friday 14th April 2023...
Dutch Criminal Record
Saturday 22 February 2025
Dutch Criminal Record are a south coast indie surf band from Portsmouth. Their sound is a blend of 60's pop vocals, interlinking riffs and blooming harmonies. "There's something wonderful and wilfully gleeful about 00's Nostalgia which de...
MCR ROCKS present Wonderwall
Saturday 22 February 2025
Wonderwall (oasis tribute) are from Manchester and are a leading tribute to Oasis. They will be supported by Local lad John Denton DJ Paul Ezi Eden...
Spirit of the Beehive
Sunday 23 February 2025
One of Philadelphia's most ambitious and captivating psych rock outfits slowly devour listeners' brains with sad, beautiful pop melodies buried under the guise of noisy, volatile and unconventionally griping compositions. The musical vision...
The Futureheads
Monday 24 February 2025
Take their influence from The Flaming Lips, Devo, Queen, Fugazi and Kate Bush, Sunderland post-punk act The Futureheads shot to fame in 2004, scoring Top 20 hits "Hounds of Love", "Area", and "The Beginning of the Twist". Their tunes are...
Lola Young
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Croydon singer-songwriter Lola Young was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star in 2021. She was chosen to cover the 1980s hit "Together in Electric Dreams" for the John Lewis Christmas advert. The following year, she placed fourth i...
Jakob
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Jakob at YES Pink Room 25th February 2025...
The Man From Delmonte
Wednesday 26 February 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. One of best kept secrets of the "Madchester" era, they even boasted Inspiral Carpets and 808 State as support acts. Classically trained, they to...
Being Dead
Wednesday 26 February 2025
Now Wave presents Being Dead at YES Basement on 26th February 2025...
Sturgill Simpson
Thursday 27 February 2025
Grammy-award winning Kentucky Outlaw country star Sturgill Simpson delivers "sleazy, steamy rock n roll" With nods to psychedelic drug chronicler Rick Strassman and a cover of Mancunian synth-pop also-rans When in Rome's "The Promise" his ...
Scouting For Girls
Friday 28 February 2025
Friends since they were five, London indie pop three-piece Scouting For Girls have never changed to chase success. Success came to them; their 2007 self-titled debut went on to become triple platinum and birthed the generation-bridging anth...
UNE
Friday 28 February 2025
UNE is a Cheshire-based electro duo consisting of BBC radio broadcaster, writer and musician Mark Radcliffe and tech boffin, remixer and Hacienda DJ Paul Langley. In remission from head and neck cancer and "loving life", Mark Radcliffe cele...
Chalk
Friday 28 February - Wednesday 28 May 2025
Belfast electronic/noise rock trio Chalk at Band on the Wall February 2025...
Adwaith
Friday 28 February 2025
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Fat Dog
Saturday 1 March 2025
Described by the NME as "2023's wildest live band", South London indie act Fat Dog's music has been described as containing elements of dance, punk and klezmer. ...
Fat Dog
Saturday 1 March 2025
Described by the NME as "2023's wildest live band", South London indie act Fat Dog's music has been described as containing elements of dance, punk and klezmer. ...
Echoes of the Bunnymen - An Aural Tribute to Echo & The Bunnymen
Saturday 1 March 2025
Echoes of the Bunnymen are an aural tribute to the alternative Fab Four. "A bloody good tribute, go check them out" - Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen). After Will Sergeant bought tickets and surprised Echoes of the Bunnymen by showing up...
Chloe Slater
Saturday 1 March 2025
Now Wave presents Chloe Slater at YES Pink Room on 1st March 2025...
Alabaster dePlume
Monday 3 March - Saturday 3 May 2025
Mancunian jazz poet-performer Alabaster DePlume (a.k.a. Gus Fairbairn), who plays the saxophone out of the side of his mouth, is now known across the globe as the saxophonist who creates wonderful, wordless music, however back home he's mos...
Toro y Moi
Tuesday 4 March 2025
An unmistakably Toro y Moi experience, South Carolina chillwave musical mastermind Chaz Bear spans genre and sound, taking listeners on an auditory expedition, as if they're riding in the back of Bear's Filipino jeepney. Undoubtedly one of ...
The Ocelots
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Twins from Wexford, Ireland, Brandon and Ashley have crafted their songwriting and musical experience together to produce a forceful blend of rich harmonies and bare, raw acoustic folk. The Ocelots started originally through busking around ...
Delivery (AUS) Live at YES Basement
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Fresh off of signing to Heavenly Recordings for their 2nd LP, Aussie group Delivery comes back to Manchester for their 3rd outing in the city...
Peer Hat 5th March
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Bad Saint are back at The Peer Hat hosting their next showcase....
